Alcon to acquire ICL eyewear surgery specialist for $1.5bn

Alcon has announced the acquisition of STAAR Surgical, a California-based refractive surgery company that specializes in Implantable Collamer Lenses (ICLs), a light surgery technology aimed at patients with moderate to high myopia, with or witout astigmatism. The group will purchase all outstanding shares of STAAR at a 51 percent premium ...

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